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Sculptor Shelley Smith Curtiss
Sculptor Shelley Smith Curtiss is a wildlife artist who works in bronze. Her animals are just slightly stylized and simplified, with smooth, flowing lines. She works and lives in the small town of Joseph, an art mecca at the foot of the Wallowa Mountains.
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Teacher and Dancer Chungliang Al Huang
Internationally renowned teacher and dancer Chungliang Al Huang blends the flowing movements of tai chi with the intricacies of European classical music. He performs at the Oregon Bach Festival, combining movement and calligraphy onstage, and leads a tai chi class for visiting conductors. At home in Gold Beach, he reflects on his career synthesizing the art of east and west.
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Wood Carver Cecil Gagnon
The multi-talented Cecil Gagnon carves wooden dolls in his underground home in John Day. He made the home himself 20 years ago after seeing an underground home on TV. He creates caricatures of real people for the faces of the dolls he hand carves from local wood. His wife makes the dolls' clothes.
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